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Rockford Rampage
Full name	Rampage Futbol LLC
Founded	2005
Stadium	Rockford MetroCentre; (Capacity: 10,000)
Founder & GM	Oscar Albuquerque
Assistant GM	Vee Jevremovic
Head Coach	Jeff Kraft
League	MISL
2008-2009	2nd (Runners-Up)
Home colors	Away colors

The Rockford Rampage is an American indoor soccer team based in Rockford, Illinois, USA. Founded in 2005, the team plays in the Major Indoor Soccer League.

The team plays its home games at Rockford MetroCentre. The team colors are black and green. Their current head coach is Jeff Kraft and is assisted by his brother Rob Kraft.

[edit] History

The Rampage were originally owned by Pro Soccer International, a group managed by Michael O'Flaherty and Oscar Albuquerque, a former member of the former National Professional Soccer League's Illinois Thunder and the 1980 Canadian Olympic qualifying team. The team currently makes its home in the Rockford MetroCentre.

On October 7 and 8, 2006, try-outs were held for the, then, Rockford Thunder at the ISC. 24 players arrived from various soccer backgrounds. Some had played locally with the Rockford Raptors, but other players had played in various leagues including: Segunda división mexicana, Tercera división mexicana, Primera División Uruguaya, 2 Liga Polska, USL First Division, and Premier Development League (PDL).

On March 10, 2007, after defeating the Cincinnati Excite 5-4 with a late goal by Ante Cop, the Thunder secured a position in the AISL finals to face the Massachusetts Twisters.

On March 31, 2007, the Thunder traveled to West Springfield, Massachusetts for the AISL Championship. The Twisters claimed the championship winning 11-5.

On August 7, 2007 the AISL announced that the Thunder had changed their name to the Rampage. This is most likely due to the Texas Thunder of the NPF moving to Rockford.

The Rampage finished the 2007/08 AISL regular season with a 12-1 record. They defeated the Massachusetts Twisters 18-5 in the AISL championship game at home on March 15, 2008.

On September 9, 2008, the Rampage announced they were joining the new Major Indoor Soccer League for its inaugural season in 2008/09. They finished with a 10-8 regular season record, qualified for the playoffs, defeated Monterrey in the playoff semifinals, but lost to Baltimore 13-10 in the NISL championship game.

On July 7, 2009, it was announced that the Rockford Rampage acquired the Chicago Magic youth soccer club and its nationally recognized Development Academy and structured them as a non-profit organization. ^[1]

[edit] Players

As of December 20, 2009

[edit] Current roster

No.	Position	Player
3	DF	Ibrahim Kante
4	DF	Eric Lukin
7	MF	Semir Mesanovic
8	FW	Bato Radoncic
10	MF	Novi Marojević
11	MF	Matthew Stewart
13	DF	Fred Degand
14	DF	Tijani Ayegbusi
15	DF	Samuel Ogunsanya

No.	Position	Player
16	DF	Roberto Gallo
17	MF	Jamar Beasley
19	DF	Ante Cop
20	DF	Marco Sullo
23	MF	Geison Moura
25	GK	Sanaldo
30	MF	Gary Brooks
99	FW	Jorge Valle

[edit] Year-by-year

Year	League	Reg. Season	Playoffs	Avg. attendance
2005/06	AISL	4th AISL, 0-2 (0 Points)	Not Eligible
2006/07	AISL	2nd AISL, 8-4 (23 Points)	Lost Championship, 0-1
2007/08	AISL	1st AISL, 12-1 (31 Points)	Won Championship, 1-0	545
2008-09	NISL	2nd NISL, 10-8	Lost Championship, 2-2	1,242
2009-10	MISL III	TBD	TBD	TBD
Total		30-15 Win % = .750	3-3 Win % = .500	894^†